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Mendoza Aguilar, Gustavo Andres
🇻🇪FIDE 3902587· Male· Venezuela· Born in 1995
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Gustavo Andres Mendoza Aguilar, a 31-year-old Venezuelan player, is rated 2177 — just 2 short of his peak of 2179 (Mar 2024, age 29) and ranked 36th among Venezuelan players, and in the top 4% worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +42 Elo over the past 12 months. 56 rated games in the past year (≈19/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include TORNEO INTERNACIONAL OPEN COPA LOS ANGELES 2026, III Valida Circuito Open Absoluto ASOLARA 2026, and XII IRT Clasico Cerrado La Pasion de Caissa-Premiun. Also played 6 rapid (including III Aniversario Torneo Internacional Stars Chess Academy 2026) and 4 blitz events (including TORNEO INTERNACIONAL MARATON BLITZ LARA 2025) recently. He took a 44-month break between Jan 2020 and Oct 2023 (COVID-19 included). He reached Venezuelan #26 in Oct 2024.
At junior level, he reached #7, #6 and #7 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
2177
Standard
Rpd2181·Blz2195
All-time high
2179
−2 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 29
Mar 2024 · age 29
Activity
32
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
56 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#36
#36 · Venezuelan players · of 977
Career timeline
12 entries2024
Peak Venezuelan rank: #26
at age 29 · rated 2179
Oct 2024
All-time peak 2179
at age 29 · −2 from today
Mar 2024
2020
Inactive for 44 months
paused at 2165 → returned at 2167
Jan 2020
2014
7th Venezuelan U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2176
Nov 2014
100 career games
at age 19
Oct 2014
2013
6th Venezuelan U18 player
at age 18 · rated 2153
Jan 2013
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+42
2135 → 2177
Tournaments
8
46 games
Score
37/ 4680.4%
33W8D5L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsMoises Antonio Castro SilvaFM2,259·Festival de Ajedrez Dia de Galicia - 70 Aniversario Pena Alexandre Boveda·R5·+12.7
2.[W]vsYeison Joel Gutierrez AnayaFM2,156·XII IRT Clasico Cerrado La Pasion de Caissa-Premiun·R4·+10.0
3.[W]vsYeison Joel Gutierrez AnayaFM2,138·XI IRT Clasico Cerrado-La Pasion de Caissa-Masters·R2·+8.9
Top 3 losses
2.[L]vsSamuel Elias Echeto HernandezCM1,956·XI IRT Clasico Cerrado-La Pasion de Caissa-Masters·R4·-15.6
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 6/6 | #1 | 2444 | +13.0 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 5/5 | #2 | 2759 | +7.2 |
Round-Robin | Dec 2025 | 3.5/5 | #2 | 2210 | +8.6 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 5/4 | #1 | 2611 | +8.8 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 2.5/5 | #7 | 1809 | -33.2 |
Round-Robin | Nov 2025 | 5/7 | #2 | 2147 | -4.4 |
Round-Robin | Oct 2025 | 4/5 | #1 | 2288 | +14.8 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 6/7 | #1 | 2272 | +26.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsErnesto Di Girolamo Jimenez
🇻🇪VEN·1837
+23 −1 =5
29 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsDilson Alejandro Pena DuranFM
🇻🇪VEN·2246
+9 −12 =5
26 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsCesar Raul Castro Paitan
🇻🇪VEN·1977
+16 −3 =3
22 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsJesus Adrian Franco Gimenez
🇻🇪VEN·2041
+14 −5 =2
21 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsEmilio Jose Uchest Esquitin
🇻🇪VEN·1915
+17 −2 =2
21 games·last met Mar 2023
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Rankings
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Venezuela
#36
out of 1,597 players
Americas
#1,021
in continent
World
#9,451
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
Venezuela
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World
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